Took 3 attempts to get a telephone interview as it kept being rearranged. Had to then have a second telephone interview and then a face to face interview which took 3 hours with 3 different people over video call. Don't bother asking for feedback as to why you weren't successful as it's company policy not to provide it.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Wayfair (Boston, MA) in Oct 2025
Interview
A series of teams calls with different people. One was a case study where you did it with a manager you would be working with. Moved pretty quickly with scheduling the interviews and hearing on next steps.
Phone interview with Recruiter and then a long virtual interview where you are passed around to 3 different people and asked different questions and given hypothetical roles to describe a hiring process for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave a scenario where a role had been open for a long time and asked about strategies to increase the candidate pipeline.
I applied online. I interviewed at Wayfair (Perris, CA)
Interview
First interview in the initial phone screen, followed by a zoom with the hiring manager and then a case study. The hiring manager will focus on behavioral questions while the case study is all about how you would handle a certain situation/initiative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me a time when you used data to prove a point with a stake holder?
What is your proudest achievement?
Recruiter applicants have rated the interview process at Wayfair with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Recruiter roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wayfair overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wayfair as a Recruiter according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Group panel interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
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